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, N O S m R E B 0 R D R HYMN AND MUSIC BOOK.

Patented Oct. 2

Witnesses:

N. PETERS. Pholwlilhvgmplwr. Walhington. D. C.

. Figs. 1 and 3. Fig. 3 is a cross-section through UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

ROBERT DSHIELL ROBERTSON, OF COLUMBIA, TENNESSEE.

HYMN AND MUSIC BOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 286,152, dated October 2, 1853,

Application filed May 16, 1883. (N0 model.)

f0 all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, R. DS. ROBERTSON, of Columbia, in the county of Maury and State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hymn and Music Books; and I a do hereby declare that the followingis afull, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form part of this speciiication, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improvedhymn and music book combined. Fig. 2 is a section taken through the book, when shut,in the plane indicated by dotted line war,

the shut book, indicated by the dotted line 3 y, Fig. 2.

This invention relates to a certain novel improvement on music-books, which will be fully understood from the following description when taken in connection with the annexed drawings.

A A designate the back of a book, which may be ornamented in the usual or in anyimproved manner, and B the body of that portion of the book which contains the music or the notes. The music may be arranged at the upper part or the lower part of the book, and the music itself may be arranged on the leaves in the usual well-known manner of preparing church or Sunday-school music:

0 designates the body of that portion of the book 011 the leaves of which the hymns are printed. Between the upper and the lower I portions of the book I leave a space, I), and I bind the leaves of both portions in the cover in the well-known manner, so that in fact I have but one book or two books inclosed by a single cover. In the space D, and applied to the two lids or covers so as to swivel, are wire turn-buttons or angular hooks E E, which are adapted for holding down the leaves of the upper or music section of the book when it is opened, the leaves of the lower or hymn section being held in their places by the thumbs of the singer. It will thus be seen that any given piece of music and any given hymn c011- tained in the book may, when brought or arranged in the desired relation to each other, be secured in such position by means of the buttons or hooks E E.

Having described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination,with a succession of hymns and pieces of music bound independently of each other under one cover with a space between said hymns and pieces of music, of one or more buttons or hooks secured to the lid or lids and projecting inwardly therefrom, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I hereby affiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ROBERT DSHIELL ROBERTSON. 

